희미하다 Korean adjective conjugation
to be faint
Every form of 희미하다 across the four speech levels. It is 여 irregular — 하다 and every verb built on it: 하다 → 하여 → 해요.
기본형Principal parts
The four forms the dictionary prints. Every other form on this page is derived from them.
- 관형사형Modifier
- 희미한
- 아/어Infinitive
- 희미해
- -으니Since
- 희미하니
- 합니다Formal
- 희미합니다
현재Present
The tense that does the most work. 해요체 is the one to learn first — it is polite without being formal, and it is what most conversation is in.
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 서술Statement | 희미해요 | 희미합니다 | 희미해 | 희미하다 |
과거Past
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 서술Statement | 희미했어요 | 희미했습니다 | 희미했어 | 희미했다 |
미래·추측Future & presumptive
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| -겠-Will / must be | 희미하겠어요 | 희미하겠습니다 | 희미하겠어 | 희미하겠다 |
| -을 것이다Going to | 희미할 거예요 | 희미할 것입니다 | 희미할 거야 | 희미할 것이다 |
의문Questions
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 현재Present | 희미해요? | 희미합니까? | 희미해? | 희미하니? |
| 과거Past | 희미했어요? | 희미했습니까? | 희미했어? | 희미했니? |
부정Negation
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 안Not (short) | 안 희미해요 | 안 희미합니다 | 안 희미해 | 안 희미하다 |
| -지 않다Not (long) | 희미하지 않아요 | 희미하지 않습니다 | 희미하지 않아 | 희미하지 않다 |
높임Honorific
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 현재Present | 희미하세요 | 희미하십니다 | 희미하셔 | 희미하시다 |
| 과거Past | 희미하셨어요 | 희미하셨습니다 | 희미하셨어 | 희미하셨다 |
관형사형Modifying a noun
- 현재Present
- 희미한
- 과거Past
- 희미한
- 미래Future
- 희미할
- 회상Used to
- 희미하던
연결Joining clauses
- -고and
- 희미하고
- -게-ly / so that
- 희미하게
- -어서so / and then
- 희미해서
- -으니까since
- 희미하니까
- -으면if / when
- 희미하면
- -지만but
- 희미하지만
- -는데and / but (setting up)
- 희미한데
- -어도even if
- 희미해도
문형Sentence patterns
How the dictionary says this verb is used. The numbers are slots: 1 is the subject, 2 the object.
- 1이 희미하다
예문In real sentences
From the dictionary, each with its translation.
여기 희미한 푸른 점이 지구입니다.
Here is Earth as a pale blue dot.
그 파동은 오랜 시간에 걸쳐 희미해져 갔습니다.
Those waves have long since faded.
희미해지다
to fade away
그리고 상처는 희미해 지지도 않았죠.
And our battle scars are far from faint.
자주 묻는 질문Common questions
How do you conjugate 희미하다 in Korean?
희미하다 (to be faint) is 희미해요 in the polite 해요체, 희미합니다 in formal 합니다체, 희미해 in casual 반말 and 희미하다 in the plain written style. The past is 희미했어요.
What is the past tense of 희미하다?
희미했어요 in everyday polite speech, 희미했습니다 formally. It is built from the 아/어 form 희미하여 plus ㅆ, which is why an irregular stem shows its irregularity here.
Is 희미하다 irregular?
Yes — it is 여 irregular (여 불규칙). 하다 and every verb built on it: 하다 → 하여 → 해요. That is why the stem looks different in 희미하여 and 희미하니 but unchanged in 희미합니다.
What TOPIK level is 희미하다?
6급 — TOPIK 6, mastery.
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